The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-29

neck into another tuDe, from winch IL
Il carried TO rubber receptacle in the
shape OF a football. This Is given to
the patient, who can readily use the
apparatus without assistance. As there
is no patent on the continuance 1t may
be made by any doctor in the land
who desires to test the usefulness Of
carbonic acid gas in the treatment Of
consumption. II, as some Of the most
enthusiastic advocates believe, this
treatment will cure consumption, the
discoverer will rank With Jenner as
bepeiactor of his race.
THE MooNsHIEKRs ARE VERY BUSY NOW
ADAYs.
Your average moonshiner is not half
SO badly informed q person ssyou may
suppose. Sixty days sgo the funds for
the suppression OF moonshiners gave
out, and as Commissioned Miller is
very much opposed to making def
ciencies, mo effort was made to exceed
the work actually required. The re-
suit was that within very short time
after the funds bad given out the
were hard at work. Gu
rious, isn't It, that these mountainous
who are supposed TO be voting for
Jackson yet, should know within a
even sooner, that the
funds for their suppression have been
exhausted7 But 1t is fact. They
found 1t out long before the general
newspaper reading public, and the
mountain regions OF Kentucky, Ten
nessee aud North Carolina have been
dotted with the smoke OF Illicit distil-
leries since that time. Many OF the
claim that they are doing
quite the proper thing In refusing to
pay taxes on the whisky they make.
They argue that they paid no whisky
tax before the war and that they ought
not to pay any now that Democratic
rule has resumed at the White House.
They were quite disappointed and
very much astonished when the new
ad minietratio came in 10 find 1t. bear.
ing down on them even harder than
ever, and were thoroughly Disguised
to find at the end OF the laet fiscal
year that the number Of arrests for
moonshining and the numoer of stills
broken up was greater than In any
previous year.
Most OF the illicit distilleries are To-
Gated in the mountain regions OF Ken
lucky, Tennessee and North Carolina.
The mountain region is chosen be-
cause OF it's insccessibility for the
pesky revenue officers, whom the
moonshiners look upon as their natu-
raj enemies. Your average moon
sinner is not a moonshiner by pro-
iession or general occupation. Moon
is only an incident Of his gen.
eral occupation. He is farmer. He
he's q little patch Of ground in the
O cabin, q gun and a horse
and cart; also several dogs. The fer
tile valleys between the mountains
permit him to raise good, big patch
of good corn, but the markets are a
long way off and the roads bad. 80
the temptation is to turn 1t into
whisky, an article more portable,
pslatable and ready OF sale. In that
region whisky making Is no "lost art"
Everybody knows how to run still.
To not know how to make whisky
would be about as much Of disgrace
as to be ignorant Of the methods OF
making mush or hoe cake. With the
people OF tina. section illegitimste dis
filling is considered legitimate, and to
run q non. taxed still an evidence Of
shrewd business capacity.
The average still Of the average
moonshiner Is very small affair. 1t
makes perhaps FIVE gallons day, pos
sibly ten. II it reaches fiftten or
twenty 1t is tremendous affair, go
big that there is little hope of conceal.
ing its existence from the keen eyed
revenue officers. Indeed, the average
distillery In that part Of the country
only averages ten gallons day. The
Illicit still Is generally located in some
concealed and comparatively inacces'
sible spot. A favorite place Is at the
foot of the mountain, just under an
overhaDging cliff, or concealed in
some thicket of trees aid underbush.
II the distiller is able 10 go locate his
sill that 1t can only be reached by
crossing strt am or sheet OF water, he
is entirely content, for he is not liable
to surprise by the revenue officers,
and has fine opportunity to
pick them off with his rifle az they are
approaching his retreat. The moon
sinner defends bis fortress with bis
life. He knows that his capture in
the act OF illicit distilling means peni'
Tertiary, and he is ready to fight
rather than submit to this. Aud
when he does fight it is to the death u
need be. Many revenue officer has
been wounded and some killed IN
these raids on the moonshiners. Tht
officers go mounted on horses, fol
there Is no other way Of travelling
through this mountain country, ant
they are liable to be picked off by the
distillers, who may have been warned
of their approach. The moonshiners
OF course, aid each other against tn
revenue officers. They are aided, toe
by the millers who grind the cor
from which they make the crooks
whisky. Often the raids have to b
made in the night or with the u.mos
strategy, and alter the still is seiz :
the retreat conducted with the gtea
eat skill and promptness. With
neighborhood Of moonshiners an
their friends aroused, handful
revenue officers stand q pretty Sill
chance Of getting away without beir
fred upon from some roadside an
bush.
The greatest difficulty in maxim
these raids is in getting the preim
nary information by which the exis
ence of still and its location are d
tsrmined. Sometimes this inform
ton is had from the legitimate di
tillers, who, OF course, are intereste
in SEEING the fellows who pay no ia
brought to grief, sometimes the depu'
collectors or gsugers and stoIekesptl
worm out the information and bring
in to the chief OF the collection di
trict. Occasionally this information
brought to the officers by the wives {
daughters OF the distillers, who q,
opposed to whisky making because
the family trouble 1t brings.
KKIFER A STUMBLING BLOCK.
The indignation over the thRustir
forward OF ]. Warren Keller on tt
programme Of the unwilling OF Il
Garfield statue is taking both q pract
| cal and An 'earnest form here. Co